AFTAs 2022: All the winners and why they won

Below are the 27 category winners from this year’s American Financial Technology Awards. Five end-user firms―JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Northern Trust and BNY Mellon―won multiple categories, while the two best IT team categories were won by SS&C Tier1 (vendor) and JP Morgan Wealth Management (end-user).

Please note that the category write-ups featuring an asterisk after the winner’s name are behind the paywall. That content is therefore available only to subscribers.

Click on this link to view last year’s AFTAs winners.

Vendor categories

• Best New Technology Introduced Over the Last 12 Months (AI & Machine Learning) – Pragma
• Best New Technology Introduced Over the Last 12 Months (Infrastructure) – IPC Systems
• Best New Technology Introduced Over the Last 12 Months (Trading, Risk & Compliance) – Baton Systems*
• Best New Technology Introduced Over the Last 12 Months (Analytics) – Moody’s Analytics
• Best New Technology Introduced Over the Last 12 Months (Data, Data Services & Data Management) – Rimes
• Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor (AI & Machine Learning) – CompatibL
• Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor (Infrastructure, Outsourcing & Managed Services) – OpenFin*
• Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor (Trading, Risk & Compliance) – UnaVista, an LSEG business*
• Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor (Analytics) – Numerix
• Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor (Data, Data Services & Data Management) – SmartStream Technologies. Click on this link for a video interview with Linda Coffman.
• Best Collaboration/Alliance Initiative – Adaptive Financial Consulting
• Best Trading Infrastructure Initiative – FX HedgePool
• Best Communication Infrastructure Initiative – Symphony*
• Best Agile Initiative – Genesis Global
• Best Third-Party Technology Vendor IT Team – SS&C Tier1*

End-User Categories

• Best AI/Machine Learning Initiative – Bank of America*
• Best Risk Management Initiative – Morgan Stanley
• Best Compliance Initiative – JP Morgan*
• Best Analytics Initiative – Bank of America*
• Best Reporting Initiative – Northern Trust
• Best Cross-Asset Trading Initiative – JP Morgan*
• Best Data Management Initiative – Northern Trust
• Best Cloud Initiative – JP Morgan*
• Most Cutting-Edge IT Initiative – Morgan Stanley
• Best IT Integration Initiative – BNY Mellon*
• Best Agile Initiative – BNY Mellon*
• Best IT Team – JP Morgan Wealth Management*